2018 NXL Texas Open

The 2018 NXL Texas Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 4 to 6 May 2018 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was the second event on the league's United States national calendar.[1]

Houston Heat won the professional tournament, defeating Edmonton Impact 5–4 in the final.[2]

Dates and venue

Competition took place at Texas Motor Speedway, 3545 Lone Star Circle, Fort Worth, from Friday, 4 May, to Sunday, 6 May 2018.[1]

Social Paintball's contemporary event coverage independently confirms the Texas Motor Speedway venue.[3]

Competition formats

The professional division had 20 teams and was advertised as 15-minute X-Ball with a six-point mercy rule. Semi-Pro and Division 2 used 15-minute games with a five-point mercy rule, while Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute games with a four-point mercy rule.[1]

Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, alongside Open Mechanical five-player competition. These formats were listed with five-minute game times.[1]

Open and Amateur ten-player competitions had ten-minute game times. Open and Amateur three-player competitions had three-minute game times. No two-player or pump competition appears in the event's registration or final results records.[1][4]

Professional competition

Houston Heat won all seven of its recorded matches. In the preliminary round, Heat defeated Seattle Uprising, Chicago Aftershock, New York Xtreme and San Diego Dynasty.[2]

Heat then defeated San Antonio X-Factor 6–4 in the quarter-finals and ac Dallas 4–2 in the semi-finals. The team completed its unbeaten tournament with a 5–4 victory over Edmonton Impact in the final.[2]

Round	Opponent	Heat's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Seattle Uprising	7	6
Preliminary	Chicago Aftershock	5	0
Preliminary	New York Xtreme	3	2
Preliminary	San Diego Dynasty	3	2
Quarter-final	San Antonio X-Factor	6	4
Semi-final	ac Dallas	4	2
Final	Edmonton Impact	5	4

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in all 13 competitions. Open ten-player had three teams.[4]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Houston Heat	Edmonton Impact	ac Dallas	Moscow Red Legion
Semi-Pro	San Diego Aftermath	NRG Elite	TonTons Flingueurs	Indianapolis Mutiny
Division 2	Preferred mob	Louisville Xtreme	Noobies	Carolina Crisis
Division 3	Str8Killas	Seattle Ninjas	VINTAGE	Tulsa Rage
Division 4	PaintballFIT.com	MW Tribe	NJ Bomb Squad	Noobies

Five-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	Veteran Militia	Elite	TNB	Richmond Rage
Division 4	Cen Cal Alliance	Apex Predators	Texas PhalanX white	RAMPAGE
Division 5	Renegades	Austin Chaos D5	Shut Up They're Trying	M.S.A.
Open Mechanical	Scorpions	POSSUM	NJ Jesters Red	GOG eNEMy

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	Los Angeles Ironmen 10 Man	Fck Cancer Allstars	Washington Winstons	—
Amateur	Narcos	Cottonmouths	MiSFiTS	Louisiana Elite

Three-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	OUTLAWS	Weber County Frostbite	Buc-ee's Florida boys	Xkalibur - Tsunami
Amateur	Fox Brothers BATTALION	Revolution 3rd String ALL Stars	LOS BOLSONES	Dfw Lost Boyz Blue

Subsequent event

The next event on the United States national calendar was the 2018 NXL Atlantic City Open, scheduled for 22–24 June in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1]

References